“Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA?s first African-American President,” read the preamble.

But this evening, amid growing questions aimed at Bachmann, Family Leader officials said they’d removed the slavery language from the preamble.

Announcing the Marriage Vow pledge last week, Family Leader president Bob Vander Plaats said any candidate hoping to receive the group’s endorsement must sign the pledge, which advocates a number of socially conservative issues ranging from the Defense of Marriage Act to the rejection of Sharia Islam.